by Sara Gecchelin. Arianna De Luca transforms artisanal ceramics into visual storytelling. In her collections, domestic objects interpret a joyful and eclectic vision of Mediterranean culture, presenting themselves as true "talking characters" and narrators of fairy-tale-like stories. In her Design&Ceramics workshop in Rome, the young…
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by Roberta del Vaglio. Between research and everyday life, the designer expresses an intuitive, sensitive, and free-spirited approach to design, where objects find meaning when they truly enter our lives. A Turkish-Spanish designer based in Paris, Pablo Sinan Akgül Garcimartín works between design, research, and the culture of living, with a…
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An interview by Evi Mibelli with Bruno Gecchelin. "A well-designed object isn't one you immediately notice, but one that works well, lasts over time, and is a pleasure to use." It's difficult, in the space of an interview, to summarize the life and professional career of a master like Bruno...
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By Evi Mibelli. There are figures of fundamental importance to the history and evolution of architecture and design who, nevertheless, remain confined to the realm of specialists, collectors, and industry insiders. An inexplicable narrative void. This is the case of the great Ico Parisi, whose birthday falls today.…
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Originally from Stockholm, Gunnar Asplund can be considered the founder of modern Nordic design, being the forefather of that stylistic maturation that would later lead to the development of designers such as Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobsen.
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Born in Cairo on September 18, 1960, to an Egyptian father and an English mother, Karim Rashid grew up in Canada, where he completed most of his education. He graduated with a degree in Industrial Design from Carleton University in Ottawa and moved to Italy in 1982 to continue his education, in…
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Among the Italian designers active between the late 1930s and the 1950s, Gino Sarfatti was a rare and precious figure in the history of Italian industrial design. Considered the greatest lamp designer of the 20th century, his fame has always remained in the background...
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Ettore Sottsass, born in Innsbruck on September 14, 1917, was first and foremost an architect, but he will go down in history above all as one of the most brilliant industrial designers of the twentieth century. In 1947, he opened his own studio in Milan and began collaborating with Italy's most famous companies, including Olivetti…
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"You can't understand good design without understanding people: design is made for people." Dieter Rams An impossible-to-open bag, an unintuitive oven panel, a lid that gets lost: small inconveniences that become the starting point for rethinking design.
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By Evi Mibelli. When asked what architecture and design meant to him, he laconically replied, "There is no life without aesthetics." A perfect synthesis of what should surround people's daily lives. It's only beauty and well-being that...
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